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Definition of Likens
1. liken [v] - See also: liken
Lexicographical Neighbors of Likens
Literary usage of Likens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1921)
"The eulogium of the learned judge upon the common law is, to my judgment, something
exaggerated, when he likens it to the divine system of providence. ..."
2. The History of the Reign of George III.: To which is Prefixed, A View of the by Robert Bisset (1820)
"... the people against an arbitrary court — likens them to the English army
supporting the prince of Orange — deems the French revolution, in many respects, ..."
3. Letters of Eminent Persons, Addressed to David Hume by John Hill Burton (1849)
"... Royal Society — Mentions the departure of Mr. Stuart for Madrid — Presents a
copy of his work, "De L'Esprit;" and likens the gift to " The Widow's Mite. ..."
4. Synonyms of the New Testament: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures by Richard Chenevix Trench, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1859)
"Take the sublime commentary on the word which Plato (Gorg. 493) supplies, where
he likens the desire of man to the sieve or pierced vessel of the ..."
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